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Cent OS: CVE-2014-8097: CESA-2014:1983 (xorg-x11-server)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-8097: CESA-2014:1983 (xorg-x11-server)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/10/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The DBE extension in X.Org X Window System (aka X11 or X) X11R6.1 and X.Org Server (aka xserver and xorg-server) before 1.16.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted length or index value to the (1) ProcDbeSwapBuffers or (2) SProcDbeSwapBuffers function.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-common
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-devel
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-sdk
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-source
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xdmx
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xephyr
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xnest
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xorg
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvfb
  • centos-upgrade-xorg-x11-server-xvnc-source

References

  • DSA-3095
  • MDVSA-2015:119
  • CVE-2014-8097
  • USN-2436-1

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